Square I's

I've had the joy of no television for two months now, and I've been loving every unscreened minute of it. Sadly, as is the way with the absence of narcotics, the novelty is wearing off and I have begun to crave the numbing of mind like zombies crave fallout. So yesterday I took the plunge and got cabled. Now images flood us each day, pouring in the tube and spilling all over the carpet, and I breathe easily. It's not just me that feels this unease at the absence of flickering pictures, those that feed us have seen it too. Each day they find new places to install a screen, train stations, taxis, buses, pubs, even toilets... Nowhere is safe. Or dimly lit. And your eye is constantly drawn to that dancing screen, no matter how interesting the conversation is... you... must... watch... pictures. Mmm, shiny glass of wonderlight. It's taken all the awkwardness out of going on a date, there are so many opportunities to view you never have to look at each other these days. You can leave the house, get the bus, catch a movie, drink at the pub, take a piss and get a taxi, all in the chaperone of that transmitted light. Put a television in your bedroom and you're home dry.